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[Opinion] Are Great Walks still good value? Hut prices rise by almost 20%

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From this year a hut on the Milford Track will set back New Zealand residents $92 a night. The Department of Conservation, which runs the network of 10 multi-day tramps and serviced huts, says the price hike is down to rising maintenance costs and inflation. The network is struggling to keep pace with costs. In the past decade, the number of walkers has grown by 37 per cent to about 110,000 a season.

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Are Great Walks still good value? Hut prices rise by almost 20%

OPINION From this year a hut on the Milford Track will set back New Zealand residents $92 a night. In the summer of 1992, Kiwis could take on the “World’s...

1 month ago·Auckland, New Zealand

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